On Monday night, Fabrizio Romano dropped the bombshell information that Liverpool have made an strategy for Federico Chiesa within the remaining week of the summer season switch window.
Though a lot of the main target in current weeks when it comes to potential incomings has been on centre-backs and defensive midfielders, in addition to Giorgi Mamardashvili, the Reds could possibly be in line for a last-ditch swoop to bolster Arne Slot’s assault.
In response to The Athletic, sources from Anfield keep that the membership’s curiosity within the 26-year-old is ‘exploratory’, though the relative ease with which he could possibly be signed might nicely attraction to Richard Hughes and co.
The report claims that, with Chiesa having just one 12 months remaining on his contract in Turin, Juventus worth him at a mere €15m (£12.7m), an enormous dip from the €50m (£42.3m) that they paid to signal him from Fiorentina.
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Ever because the information broke from Romano a couple of hours in the past, quite a few Liverpool followers have naturally been giving their two cents on the potential switch on social media.
Some supporters have cited legit considerations about Chiesa’s harm file (17 separate absences over the previous three years) and imagine that there’s a larger must strengthen different components of the squad, reasonably than including to the 5 high-quality attackers that we have already got.
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Nonetheless, the Italian may add some much-needed depth on the best wing, the place backup to Mo Salah is minimal, and Juventus’ asking value is ridiculously low-cost when put into context.
Liverpool just lately offered Fabio Carvalho to Brentford in a £27.5m deal after the teen scored simply 3 times in 21 appearances for the Reds. With that in thoughts, paying lower than half that quantity for a ahead who’s netted 47 targets in 235 Serie A video games is exceptionally good worth.
LFC might have left it a bit late to get a switch wrapped up for Chiesa if, with 4 days till the deadline, their curiosity is merely ‘exploratory’.
Nonetheless, this seems to be precisely the type of opportunism for which the Merseysiders have turn into famed available in the market in recent times, so we wouldn’t utterly low cost it from taking place simply but!
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